A sports drink mixture for making a sports drink that remains palatable while providing nutritional and energy benefits without causing negative physiological responses in the human body includes compositions of: tapioca starch, further including compositions of unprocessed and pregelatinized tapioca starch bromelain natural flavors citric acid vitamin E oil stevia potassium phosphate sodium citrate magnesium chloride ascorbic acid niacinamide d-calcium pantothenate pyridoxine hydrochloride riboflavin thiamine hydrochloride folic acid biotin and cyanocobalamin. A sports drink includes compositions of the sports drink mixture with an aqueous liquid.